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The Performed Bible: The Story of Ruth in Opera and Oratorio

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The Performed Bible: The Story of Ruth in Opera and Oratorio - Leneman, Helen, Cantor
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The Bible and Western culture is a burgeoning area of interest in recent scholarship, but comparatively little has been written on the Bible and music. Leneman's is a groundbreaking work, making some pioneering forays across an important interdisciplinary divide. The Performed Bible is an in-depth study of the librettos and music of 12 operas and oratorios on the story of Ruth from the last two centuries, establishing the potential of music, as a kind of midrash, for transforming a Bible text, its narrative and its ...

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The Performed Bible: The Story of Ruth in Opera and Oratorio 2007, Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd

ISBN-13: 9781905048564

Hardcover